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Wichita State No. 16 in coaches poll; Kansas sixth

Wichita State’s men’s basketball team is ranked No. 16 in the USA Today coaches top 25 released on Thursday morning.

The Shockers received 233 points from the 32 NCAA Division I coaches who vote in the poll. WSU went 30-9 last season and played in the Final Four, finishing with a final ranking of No. 4 in the coaches poll.

Kansas is No. 6 with 623 points. Oklahoma State (462) is No. 12. Kansas State received three points. Former Missouri Valley Conference member Creighton is also outside the top 25, receiving 87 points.

WSU’s preseason ranking is its highest since the 1981-82 team ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press poll.

The top 25 teams in the preseason USA Today men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2012-13 records, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final 2012-13 ranking:

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